Ethan thought too much. That night, Diana did not rest with Ethan. Instead, she "gave him a break." With his current physical condition, he could recover with just a little rest.

When he woke up the next day, Diana still had not appeared.

She had not returned to Paradise Island for a long time either. She needed to spend some time with Hippolyta and Antiope. It did not necessarily need to take a lot of time, but she could not always be with Ethan.

As for his companions...

Tony had been diligently training arcane magic recently. Although he could use special meditation techniques to replace sleep, he was still used to separating training and rest. At this time, he had probably just rested for a short while and would get up later. He was not used to getting up too early.

Logan and O'Connell were both immersed in their romantic relationships and would not come out this early. Imhotep and Anck-su-namun were inseparable every day. Having decided to become Ethan's divine servants, although Ethan had not established any rituals or doctrines, they frequently performed routine prayers. Even if they were up, they would not appear immediately.

Ethan felt that these two had established a strange connection with him, but there had not been any other obvious changes besides that.

"Up so early?"

Seeing Ethan come out for a walk near his residence, Selene, who was chatting with Annette, took the initiative to greet him.

"Aren't you up early too?"

"Actually, I haven't gotten used to resting at night yet. My sleep schedule is a bit messed up."

Selene was used to being active at night and resting during the day. Even after boarding the Dawn, her rest schedule was different from most people's. She would take time to rest during the day.

After undergoing enhancements, the requirement for sleep time continuously decreased. Even without resting, it had little impact. Selene only needed to rest for a while during the day to ensure she had enough energy, so she naturally did not deliberately adjust her schedule.

It was not until this physical transformation was complete that she began trying to revert to "normal human sleep habits."

However, habits formed over hundreds of years were not that easy to change. Her sleep schedule was still very chaotic. From her words, one could tell she had not slept at all last night and simply came out to get some fresh air when it got light.

"So... you didn't rest either?"

Ever since she managed to join Ethan's team, Annette had been very low-key, becoming the most inconspicuous presence in the team along with Selene. Coupled with Annette often hiding in the lab, sometimes even Ethan, the captain, would overlook the fact that there was such a person on board.

If he did not often see Shirley and frequently teach her some magic knowledge, he would have forgotten that Annette was still on the ship.

"I've rested. After undergoing two enhancements, I don't need that much sleep time."

Although Ethan rarely paid attention to her, Annette did not think there was anything wrong with that at all.

When she first joined Ethan's team, her goal was to gain a longer lifespan. Now, not only had she obtained a longer life and eternal, perfect youthful appearance, but she even had the opportunity to go further – she was truly on the path to evolving into a higher life form.

She was not just taking advantage of Ethan's benefits for free. She had always diligently researched potions. However, Ethan's method of making potions was not from the same system as the knowledge she had learned previously. She needed to carefully study the various potions Ethan had made before and try to reproduce them using scientific methods.

In addition, she had also seriously studied the potion making provided by Ethan. Although she had not mastered any magic, as the level of enhancement increased, her mental power grew significantly. Aside from not possessing magic power, she could now use some of the techniques Ethan had used back then.

Now she was beginning to use magic stone technology to assist herself in making various potions. Currently, she was working on the final project: how to perfectly integrate the knowledge she currently possessed and then replicate most of the potions Ethan had made.

If successful, she would become the true quartermaster of Ethan's team and could also allow Ethan to completely set aside the relatively low-level potion making work and focus on researching higher-level enhancement potions.

Annette could also help Ethan in this regard. She could use a different mindset to research new potions. If she could truly create more powerful potions, it would be considered sufficient repayment.

Leaving everything else aside, the strongest enhancement potion Ethan currently made was the one using Ares' divine blood. Currently, only he himself had used it in the entire team.

Theoretically, divine blood also flowed within Ethan's body, although there was still a certain gap compared to Ares' divine blood.

Thor and Diana could also provide divine blood, but Ethan had never considered drawing blood from them. Annette had also never proposed to Ethan that she needed divine blood as a material for experiments.

Because Annette believed that so-called divine blood was not necessarily the best enhancement material. If one mastered the correct method to upgrade life levels, it would allow for better evolution than potions made directly using divine blood as the main ingredient.

Whether it would succeed or not, no one could make a conclusion. However, having a direction to work towards was always a good thing, as long as they were careful not to concoct any monsters.

It seemed okay to just let her do her own thing and not bother her, but to become a team, sufficient communication was still very necessary.

"Speaking of which, ever since you joined my team, although we often chat, I've always forgotten to ask you this question."

Seeing the two women stop together and both look at him, Ethan carefully considered his words before asking the question.

"Do you have any hopes for the future?"

"The future?"

Overlooking Logan's romantic life earlier had given Ethan a wake-up call. Not only did he need to pay attention to his companions' personal lives, but it was also best to care more about everyone's needs.

When he originally put this team together, he did not think too much. Either he suddenly thought of someone or found someone appealing and persuaded them to come aboard, or they joined by accident.

Initially, Logan and Laura were brought on because he had nothing better to do, was too lonely and wanted a friend, and because Logan's situation at the time was not great. He did not want to see Logan head towards his demise according to the original timeline, so he persuaded him to come aboard and incidentally changed Logan's future. Of course, bringing Laura along was unexpected, but there was nothing wrong with it.

Logan's idea was very simple. As long as Ethan could help him fulfill those few wishes, then as long as he was provided with a decent place to stay, there was nothing wrong with "hanging out" with him.

Subsequently, Ethan fulfilled his promises very well, so Logan was now enjoying every day of his life and contributing his strength when Ethan encountered trouble and needed his help.

Later, both Diana and Loki only lived on the ship temporarily for a period, leaving after they achieved their goals.

Selene's situation was more special. She "followed" onto the ship by accident. Her fundamental idea was simply not to stay in her original world.

From the beginning, she was not aiming for Ethan's team and had not thought about getting any benefits. It was only after living there for a while that she felt Ethan's place was quite good. She lived happily and resolved many of her own troubles. She felt there was nothing wrong with continuing like this. As a vampire who had lived for hundreds of years, she did not find such a life boring or monotonous.

Therefore, she also had not thought about any goals for the future. It was similar to Logan's current situation: living one day at a time and contributing her strength when Ethan needed help.

O'Connell, Evelyn, and Jonathan, who came later, also boarded the ship by accident. They were currently still enjoying this novel and exciting life. Perhaps when they got tired of it later, they would ask to live in a relatively peaceful world. After Ethan no longer feared Anubis, they could consider returning to their original world.

However, currently, this possibility did not seem likely.

After enjoying modern life, very few people could endure the backward lifestyle of a less advanced era. Moreover, these few did not have anyone they particularly missed in their original world, so living in a different world was completely stress-free.

Imhotep and Anck-su-namun, on the other hand, had already found their goal. They were wholeheartedly aiming to become Ethan's divine servants, or rather, they also wanted to use Ethan's influence to become deities themselves.

Ethan was not against this ambition. As long as they continued to serve him, what was helping them become gods? Having aspirations showed that they had sufficient motivation to move forward. These two were often more trustworthy than O'Connor and the others, who were more like "tourists."

Annette's situation was similar to Imhotep's. She had her own pursuit: using the knowledge she possessed to find a method that could truly make people evolve. Before achieving her goal, she definitely would not leave voluntarily.

Hill, needless to say, was just a temporary member and would leave soon.

Therefore, Imhotep and Annette were the most willing to stay on the ship. Unless they completed their goals or found that they could not achieve their objectives on Ethan's ship, they would naturally leave at that time, and they would also take Shirley and Anck-su-namun with them.

Logan stayed simply based on their "relationship." If one day that relationship ran out, Logan would choose to leave without hesitation, and Laura, as his daughter, would also go with her father.

Selene was similar. She currently had no specific demands, so she was just living casually like this. When she eventually got tired of this life, or found a world she particularly liked, she would also choose to leave. Even if she were forced to stay based on the years of friendship, it would ultimately create distance, which would not be a good thing. It would be better to be generous and let her leave.

Ada was "hired" by him, and there was also the possibility of her "resigning." In the absolute sense, the only one who would definitely stay on the ship was surprisingly Auriel.

After understanding these things, Ethan felt it would be better to at least find a goal for Selene and Logan first. Even saying they wanted to find a suitable planet to be its ruler would be better than just drifting along day by day like they were now.

(To be continued.)

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